“School is out next week, which means my boys will be home all day with nothing to do, because there is nothing fun to do here, despite bookshelves crammed with reading-level-appropriate books and bins full of toys that they once insisted they had to have, and an entire backyard to play in, plus the school [...]

I don’t know a single mother who doesn’t bristle even the slightest bit when someone beams at her daughter and comments, “What a handsome young man!” Even mothers who’d sooner put lipstick on a toddler than dress their daughters in pink ruffles find ways to identify their little girls as…well, little girls. We [...]

Browse the game aisle at any big-box toy store, and you’ll find plenty of options, even for the youngest players. But most of those games are based on licensed characters, include plastic or flimsy cardboard parts, and they bore grown-ups to tears.
The Bamboo Collection games from the Discovery Channel Store - Rapido and Rapelli [...]

Not surprisingly, based on the feedback thus far, the Bug Net Launcher and Venus Fly Trap from the Discovery Channel Store have been phenomenal hits with our bloggers’ kids.
In part, these toys are cool simply because they’re from the Discovery Channel Store: “I adore the Discovery Store folks. I mean, they have the coolest stuff [...]

With the price of gas topping $4 per gallon, our kids are getting an earful about the cost of energy. They might know about hybrid cars and solar-powered calculators. But how much do they really know about alternative energy sources?
Two new toys from the Discovery Channel Store provide older kids with a hands-on [...]

Little girls and hair clips go together like peanut butter and jelly. While it’s fun to shop for darling bows adorned with dainty crystals, it’s annoying to realize that a prized hair accessory has slipped out of those wispy curls, never to be seen again. Or worse, to find that your little girl [...]

Ask any parent: We’d much rather play a rousing game with our kids than crash toy cars together (where we inevitably retrieve them from under the sofa) or re-enact fairy tales (where we inevitably play the role of Prince Charming). But as one mother put it, “The games that jump out at me are [...]

We parents might not be so fond of bugs, but to kids they’re absolutely fascinating. Capturing and observing creepy-crawlies is one of the best ways to spend spring and summer days - from a kid’s point of view, that is.
With these two new toys from the Discovery Channel Store, parents can get in on [...]

There’s something so refreshing about reading Mama Rock’s Rules,” starts off one of our bloggers.  “And I read a lot of parenting books.”
So far, 10 parent bloggers have reviewed Mama Rock’s Rules: Ten lessons for raising a houseful of successful children. The overwhelming consensus? Definitely worth the read!
Bloggers appreciated Mama Rock’s approach. “Many of her [...]

Five of our bloggers reviewed two different social-skills DVDs aimed at children on the autistic spectrum. Skill Building Buddies: Handling Transitions and Change focuses on coping with routine changes and other unexpected disappointments. Kibbles Rockin’ Clubhouse, Volume One: Expressing Yourself teaches greetings, “using your words,” identifying emotions, and saying goodbye. Both DVDs emphasized the need [...]